Love & Friendship
Below you will see photos of our animals, or better known as the crew! These guys keep up company, warn us of strangers or strange-ness going on, they also keep us company when we have no one to talk to. Their warmth and love is often needed out here in the woods, as sometimes the weather can get you pretty isolated and feeling alone. These guys keep us entertained and show us patience, unconditional love, fun, and what it is to love one another despite our differences. They come with us sometimes, when we take a walk in the woods, they sleep with us, they lay around outside in the summer with us, they are great campfire company and make us feel safe in the dark, outside. Regardless of the fact that they are cats and dogs, they love each other, lean on each other, keep an eye out for each other, sometimes clean each other, and protect each other; oh and also get into trouble with each other and together…lol…. all at once.
Their names are, in order of age and in order of when we welcomed them, Maggie (Burmese boxer – rescue, 11 yrs this year), Ginger, (Golden Retriever-rescue, also 11 yrs this year), Clementine, aka Teenie (the Queen, lol, orange calico-rescue, 6 yrs this year), Jersey, aka, Croteuse (black & white tuxedo-rescue, 5 yrs this year), Ozzy (Pug-saved from going to the humane society, 6 yrs this year). And last but certainly not least, Reishi, aka, Squiblet, Squishy, (parents ferell cats, rescue, 1 yr this year) and boy oh boy has this little guy brought even more joy, love and happiness into all of our lives.
The photos display the level of comfort and ease these guys & gals feel around each other as friends and family. And there is even a few pics of Reishi discovering possible ‘new’ friends in our back yard, Deer, and they don’t know what to make of him. 🙂
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| Reishi having discovered a new ‘look out’ by CLIMBING THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE to get up there!! The little brat! So much to see like birds and deer and the odd, random leaf blowing around in the wind. |
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| Reishi exploring the woods just behind our house, and he has NO fear at all. He loves to climb trees and has learned how to come down all by himself, like a big boy. |
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| Perfect example of our dogs trying to take over the human couch! |
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| Peek a boo…..you found me! He looks so small in this photo. |
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| Finally have a photo of Jersey; she is very skittish but she does love to get ‘Croteused’ (picked up and smooched and cuddled) every once in a while. |
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| Reishi always just stretching out and looking so cozy no matter where he lays. What a Squiblet…. |
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| Teenie and Maggie snuggling and keep each other warm. |
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| Taking up the dog bed and not caring. lol |
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| Hhhhmmmm this is quite interesting, thought Reishi….hhhmmmm what the heck is that?! thought the Deer. |
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| “I wonder if he wants to be friends?” thought Reishi. “Is this little thing going to try and eat me?” thought the Deer. |
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| “Nah…I guess it’s just a large squirrel or something, and I have seen it in the window checking us out; better just move along, but frig, he’s sitting in my food pile.” thought the Deer |
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| Totally tuckered out from playing outside. |
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